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1 天前 · US President Donald Trump called on Wednesday for a "verified nuclear peace agreement" with Iran, after withdrawing from a similar deal in his first term and instituting a so-called "maximum pressure" policy.. On Tuesday, ahead of a meeting with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump signed an order reinstating the "maximum pressure" policy against Iran over allegations the country is ...

1 天前 · President Donald Trump's announcement of a plan to "take over" the Gaza Strip and forcibly expel its Palestinian population has been met with universal outrage, with even the US's closest allies rejecting the idea as unacceptable and illegal. During a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump boasted that Arab leaders supported his proposal, claiming it would ...

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6 天之前 · Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an "all-out war in the region," Tehran's foreign minister told Al Jazeera TV in an interview aired on Friday.. Israel and the US launching a military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would be "one of the biggest historical mistakes the U.S. could make," Abbas Araqchi said through a translator.

6 天之前 · The United Nations warned on Friday that humanitarian needs in Gaza remained "immense" despite an increased flow of aid into the Palestinian territory following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.. Speaking from Gaza, Rik Peeperkorn, the UN's World Health Organisation representative in the Palestinian territories, said health needs in the densely populated strip were "immense", amid the ...

2025年1月20日 · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to replace three cabinet ministers following the exit of the far-right Otzma Yehudit ("Jewish Power") party from the cabinet over the Gaza ceasefire.. The three open posts, National Security Minister, Heritage Minister, and Negev, Galilee, and National Resilience Minister, are set to be open from Tuesday, according to The Times of Israel.

2025年1月12日 · Iran has expanded military drills to cover two additional nuclear facilities in the west and centre of the country, state media reported on Sunday.. The drills, dubbed Eqtedar, or "might" in Farsi, began last week and are set to continue until mid-March. They involve the army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the ideological branch of Iran's military.

2025年1月12日 · Negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip are reportedly at a “decisive” point, with a deal very close to being achieved.. An Israeli delegation is due to arrive in the Qatari capital Doha on Sunday, headed by Mossad chief David Barnea.. A leadership source in Hamas exclusively told The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed on Saturday that nearly all the details ...

2025年1月19日 · Syria's new defence minister said on Sunday it would not be right for US-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country's northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed forces.. Speaking to Reuters at the Defence Ministry in Damascus, Murhaf Abu Qasra said the leadership of the Kurdish fighters, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was procrastinating in ...